US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Dec. 16 for "Semiconductor device and electronic system therewith" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,621, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor device and electronic system therewith" was invented by Sujeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Bongsoon Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hongsoo Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device may include stacks extended in a first direction on a substrate, separation structures extended in the first direction and respectively provided between the stacks, vertical channels penetrating each of the stacks, bit lines extended in a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the vertical channel...